70s Xiao Que Xing

Chapter 215 If ​​there is a mother, there must be a son

"It's okay, just a few of us will finish it, no matter how many people there are, the kitchen will not be able to stand up, right, you should sit and rest first!" Xie Xiaonian said politely.

A few minutes later, Wu Shuqin brought Xiaotong, Yuan Xiaoxia brought her only son Zhang Weicai, and came along with the men who had returned from the army.

"It's at this point when I come back from get off work, and I can't come to help you cook. After eating, Xiaoxia and I will take care of cleaning the pots and dishes!" Wu Shuqin said apologetically as soon as he entered the door.

"Sister-in-law and Xiaoxia are serious about going to work, how can I care about these things, hurry up and go to the house, just in time for dinner."

Then Xie Xiaonian greeted everyone, entered the room and sat down to eat.

Because there were a lot of people and the men wanted to drink, Xie Xiaonian directly set up two tables, one for the men and one for the women and children.

Because there were 4 plates of meat dishes, it was considered very rich, so after Xie Xiaonian and the military wives sat down, they didn't drink and chat like the men did, and just ate one by one.

Because there are 2 children who can't eat, Xie Xiaonian steamed a bowl of egg custard for each of them.

Although everyone's chopsticks were fast, Wang Chaoqun was the most unbearable.

Wang Chaoqun is already 10 years old, he is considered a young adult. In the countryside, if he doesn’t go to school, he can herd sheep and cut pig grass to earn work points. But when he eats, he only eats the meat on the plate, and he also picks and chooses. The ones I picked up, and the ones I didn’t have time to eat, I put them in my own bowl and kept them, and then I kept picking them up.

The other children saw that the meat was getting less and less, but they ate slowly, and they almost cried.

And Zhao Qiuxiang not only ignored him, but also behaved like him. Like a mother, like a son.

The others obviously knew the virtues of their mother and child for a long time, so when they started to pick up meat again, the others didn't stay idle, and followed to pick up their own and their children's bowls, otherwise there would be no minced meat in a while.

After waiting for all the meat and dumplings on the plate to be picked up, these people stopped and ate the dishes slowly.

Although Xie Xiaonian was popularized by Wang Shufen and the others about picking up vegetables in the afternoon, it was the first time she saw it, and she was a little stunned for a moment, unable to react.

So in the end, Xie Xiaonian only caught a few thin slices of fried bacon, the steamed bacon she was most looking forward to, but she didn't even taste the flavor.

The men are relatively gentle. Although they are not slow to eat, they still have to save face. At least there is no phenomenon of grabbing food.

Because women and children don't drink alcohol here, they eat faster, so after eating, Wu Shuqin and Yuan Xiaoxia took the initiative to help Xie Xiaonian clean up the table and bowls and chopsticks here.

The other two, Zhao Qiuxiang and Zhang Chunling, who didn't help at all, were still sitting there eating the jujubes and peanuts prepared by Xie Xiaonian. Xie Xiaonian was a little stunned, wondering why there are so many strange things in this world.

By the time the men finished their meal, it was getting dark, so everyone didn't stay long and just left.

And Zhao Qiuxiang also used the excuse of feeding the chickens as others said, and took away all the leftovers at home.

But Wu Shuqin and Xiaoxia insisted on staying and helped Xiaonian clean up the pots and pans before going home.

After sending the table, bowls and chopsticks back to Wu Shuqin's family and everyone else, Xu Zhongjun said, "Aren't you full? Do you want to cook some more food for you?"

Xu Zhongjun knew how these people were eating, and someone with such a thin skin as his wife must be embarrassed to compete with them for food.

"No need, I wasn't very hungry at night. I was smoky with oil when I was cooking, so I didn't have any appetite at all. Is the food our family cooked today a bit too good? Just now my sister-in-law kept saying that I prepared a lot. Don't wait for me. When we are customers, there will be 2 dishes with meat, no more than 3, our family has 5 including dumplings." Xie Xiaonian said a little nervously.

Xu Zhongjun also knew that the meals he cooked at home were a bit hearty, but everyone knew that they brought bacon from home, if they didn't cook a few, they would definitely be called stingy.

So Xu Zhongjun said: "It's okay, we brought cured meat from our hometown. If we don't make it, it will cause gossip. Now everyone is not rich, and they didn't go to see the things in our house. We borrowed meat tickets from other families." , so at most they would say that we just slapped our faces to pretend to be fat.”

"Well, okay, but we've already eaten, there's nothing we can do, we can only keep a low profile from now on." Xie Xiaonian said.

While tidying up the house, Xu Zhongjun suddenly asked: "Why didn't you see Xiaobai, did he not eat?"

Hearing Xu Zhongjun's words, Xie Xiaonian remembered, because Mengzhu and the others always wanted to play with Xiaobai in the afternoon, but Xiaobai didn't bother to be with a few little kids, so he hid in the space and hasn't come out yet .

But I can't tell Xu Zhongjun about this, so Xie Xiaonian lied casually: "There are many people in the family, and the children are not important. I am afraid that they will hurt Xiaobai, so I locked Xiaobai in the room. I will go now." Let it out."

Then Xie Xiaonian went into the second bedroom and got Xiaobai out of the space. It seems that today, Xiaobai will suffer from outside food again, who made Xu Zhongjun finally care about Xiaobai.

Before going to bed at night, Xie Xiaonian said to Xu Zhongjun: "Wang Chaoqun is 10 years old, why is he still so ignorant? Fortunately, I cooked enough meat dishes today, otherwise others might not be able to eat a piece of meat, so let him be full." After eating, I have been staring at the egg custard of the two little dolls."

"There is only one son in his family, he is spoiled, and the family is poor now, so he can understand that, if you don't like it, just cut back." Xu Zhongjun is not a person who can gossip behind others, so he can only Say so.

In fact, he is very clear about what kind of people they are, but he is a big man, so he can't say anything.

Seeing that Xu Zhongjun had said this, Xie Xiaonian had no choice but to shut up, and if he continued, it seemed that his mouth was broken.

However, Xie Xiaonian did not agree with Xu Zhongjun's reason. If you want to talk about being poor, everyone is poor, but I haven't seen other children like Wang Chaoqun.

And Xie Xiaonian felt that his mother was not a good friend, so he should avoid getting involved with them in the future.

But she can't offend people, and save them from wearing small shoes for the loyal army.

28 This day, Xie Xiaonian cooked the same dishes as before, but this time only 10 of Xu Zhongjun's subordinates came, and there was Wang Chaoqun who came with his father.

Because none of Xu Zhongjun's subordinates had family members accompanying the army, Xie Xiaonian had to work all afternoon to prepare the meals.

Originally, the purchasers Wang Qianjin and Lin Sen were also invited. After all, they have troubled the two of them so many times, so they should express it anyway.

But the two of them refused to come, so in the end Xie Xiaonian had no choice but to ask Xu Zhongjun to take some time to deliver some vegetables and dumplings to the two of them, and it was not for nothing.

After the guests were invited and the house was tidied up, Xie Xiaonian instantly felt a lot more relaxed, feeling that a great event had been accomplished.

But at first Xie Xiaonian thought that it would be fine after the guests, and her heart would be pure, so she didn't need to worry about it anymore, but her heart was pure, but her ears couldn't be pure.

Because after inviting a few sister-in-laws to dinner, people always come to visit the house from time to time, especially Zhao Qiuxiang.

It may be that when Xie Xiaonian was entertaining guests, she took out snacks such as peanuts and dates for the guests, so every time Zhao Qiuxiang came to the house, if Xie Xiaonian didn't bring something out, she would beat around the bush and say that Xie Xiaonian was stingy, or even open her mouth to eat.

Then when she left, she had to walk a little longer in the name of the family's children, which made Xie Xiaonian extremely annoyed.

After a few times, Xie Xiaonian directly said that the house was gone, whatever Zhao Qiuxiang said, if she didn't take it out, Zhao Qiuxiang couldn't go through her house again.

When it came to February 2, Xie Xiaonian casually fried half a bowl of beans, which was just in time for the occasion, and saved Zhao Qiuxiang's attention again.

Although Xie Xiaonian had a lot of things and was willing to help others, Zhao Qiuxiang's actions really annoyed Xie Xiaonian, and he was unwilling to give her things.

There is another one that Xie Xiaonian mistook, that is Ma Meihua, Xie Xiaonian thought she was a white lotus before, but she did not expect her to be a thick-skinned person.

Since Xie Xiaonian steamed a bowl of egg custard for her son last time, she often brought her two children to the house when cooking was approaching, and said thank you for the steamed egg that Xie Xiaonian gave her son last time. Overtly and secretly hinting at Xie Xiaonian, asking Xie Xiaonian to steam another bowl of custard for her son.

But Xie Xiaonian knew that her family had 4 old hens. Even if the chickens didn't lay eggs because of the cold weather, her son still wanted to eat an egg. From Xie Xiaonian's point of view, Ma Meihua took Xie Xiaonian for nothing.

Although Xie Xiaonian never compromised once, and he followed her to pretend to be poor, but she just pretended not to understand, and next time he will come again, with her here, Xie Xiaonian dare not make any meat dishes, every day is dealt with by carrots and cabbage with.

It continued like this until mid-February, and Xie Xiaonian was not easy to be fooled by looking at each of them. Every time I went, I would hit a soft nail, and there was no benefit to be gained, and then I slowly stopped coming.

Because these days he ate radishes and cabbage, corn pancakes, and steamed buns every day, so Xu Zhongjun's face almost turned green.

Although Xu Zhongjun is not picky about eaters, he can't resist eating these every day, and it's still on the premise that he can eat delicious food every day.

Xie Xiaonian is relatively better because he can enter the space for extra meals when he finds time.

But Xu Zhongjun is real, he eats these every day, even mushrooms and fungus Xie Xiaonian has hardly been cooked, so if you want to say that the person who annoys these people the most, it must be Xu Zhongjun.

After waiting for a few more days, Xie Xiaonian finally felt relieved when he saw that the two of them did not come, and prepared to cook something delicious for lunch to comfort Xu Zhongjun's stomach after eating radish and cabbage for more than 20 days.

Because some of the meat tickets for the dinner last month were borrowed, so Xie Xiaonian didn't have any tickets to buy fresh meat, so she decided to cook with the cured meat at home.

When Xu Zhongjun came back at noon and saw the meat on the table, his eyes lit up. Although he didn't show it too obviously at the time, he ate 3 large bowls of rice all at once, and he seemed to be very hungry.

Although Xu Zhongjun is not a person with too much appetite, he is a master who has no pleasure in meat, not to mention eating radishes and cabbage for so many days, it is not too much to eat three bowls of rice.

"The spring conscription is about to officially start recently. I am also one of the people in charge of this conscription work, so I may be busy in the next period of time. You should pay more attention to family affairs!" After eating Afterwards, Xu Zhongjun said.

"You go about your business, you don't have to worry about family affairs, and there's nothing else going on at home."

While the two people here are discussing, there are also two young men in the distance who are preparing to participate in this year's conscription, but one is full of confidence and the other is uneasy.

(End of this chapter)